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How you increase your social media influencer followers FAST – Without compromising algorithms

To write a step-by-step guide on how to gain followers as a social media influencer and tantalize them forever requires a book. How do you increase your social media followers fast and earn the influencer title – without compromising algorithms?

Social media platforms are all surpassing a decade since they were founded, with Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook, founded in 2012 being the oldest. 

Record Breaking Social Media Influencer Followers Blockbusters

  • Within twenty-four hours of its distribution in Harvard University, 1,200 subscribers had signed up.
  • In 2004, Jack Dorsey saw the birth of Twitter raking 64,000 tweets per day in an interactive conference, @sxsw three years later.
  • By 2010, Instagram built by Kevin Systrom had 500,000 subscribers a week in its first year.

Today, these platforms – and other new ones -have grown in leaps and bounds. They have created a myriad of business opportunities for anyone with access to a data-enabled phone, including social media influencer marketing to followers.

How incredible?

Influencer marketing is now a recognized formal business, whose hours are set by the influencer.

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The Best Way to Gain Social Media Followers as an Influencer

Brands are choosing to increase their marketing spend with social media influencers because they are effective

I will highlight one of the primary (what others call ‘the old school’) methods of gaining followers, whether a social media influencer or not.

Let us see if you will identify it.

How Do You Define An Influencer?

If you establish credibility in an industry and you can persuade others to act based on your recommendations, you are a social media influencer attracting followers.   You have the correct tools and resources, in addition to authenticity to attract attention consistently and motivate others too to expand their social reach.

As you read that statement, did some names pop into your mind?

How about your name?

Did you know that even if you have only 50 followers it is sufficient for you to be an thought leader aka social media influencer?

Access to a huge audience may be an added advantage, though followers are no longer the only metric to determine influencer success.

4 Social Media Influencer Metrics that May Matter
  • What is your engagement rate?
  • On what platform do you want to grow your following and followers as a social media influencer?
  • Is there a niche that you are targeting?
  • Are you consistently updating your content in line with the latest trends?

If a brand wants to pay you for content irrespective of the number of followers you have on a social media platform, you are a qualified social media influencer.

What global household name has over a whopping 186 million Instagram followers?
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Test the Approach that Best Works for Your Goals, Targets, and Needs

When testing an approach to grow from 2k to 4k followers on Instagram in 10 days (though others have done it in shorter time frames) we kept in touch with each person who send a reply to a post, liked the posts, send a direct message (DM) or participated in any of the stories on that profile. At the time, followers responses to an active social media influencer seemed to be the inbox – isn’t it still the case to date?

How? As you can see, it is a lot of work.

1. Xtreme Social Media Engagement

Most social media platforms track and shut down automating software.

These plug-and-plays that automated each aspect of social media engagement including using the  most appropriate hashtags are like cheating the system. Who did not see astronomical follower counts that followed en masse when some of these software were roaming freely?

In our case, the magic superweapon was engagement.
Engaging with like-minded Instagram profiles of interrelated niches gave us the best outcome. Can you pick out one of the best tips to hack social media influencer followers growth?

Social media is a ‘scratch my back I scratch yours’ platform.

Irrespective of what else you hear, see, and read, engagement has always blown its own trumpet. Want to be a hero in your niche? See what happens when you engage with your followers on social media as an influencer – and come back and share your experience in the comments section below.

2. Controversy

Another way to gain followers as a social media influencer is to create attention, like Kylie Jenner and her family.

They have leveraged on controversy for massive marketing campaigns. Though risky, you could reap a lot of value like them with the right execution. Other social media users have become sought after influencers because of sharing polarizing content as hot-buttons. Contentious content has garnered lots of questionable attention – since the beginning of time.

At times, mere opinions and narratives have produced social media influencer followers to reckon with. Case in point: check out these new Youtubers in the space of skating micro caps in the crypto market!

3. Content is King

Some content creators achieve overnight success on the back of a single post on one social media profile (or a mix of social media profiles). On the flip side, it took months (if not years) to see a return on investment from their smart work. Not the case anymore.

Today, even with one follower, you are deemed as a social media influencer by all these budding influencer marketing platforms. Want to test your social media influencer prowess amongst your followers? Start with this one here. (AFF)

Several instances of creating content that went viral overnight are clearly documented on the Internet. These built significant following of non-existent companies, from:

One blog

A case study

A controversial video

A podcast

Creative infographic

An online game

A meme,

A GIF

One post

(See examples in the sources below)

The smart business move of a social media influencer is to create great content for their followers on a consistent basis.

4. Shout Out For Shout Out (S4S)

Some influencers network with other social media influencers to gain followers through what is popularly known as a ‘shout out.’ It could be an informal agreement or paid advertising. Shout outs are in fashion and my not be going anywhere.

i the blogging world, this includes creating listicles of bloggers that you collaborate with then sharing it on social media platforms. You could copy this and use the Twitter threads to give shout outs to other influencers. You all gain from traction and engagement of both old and new followers – an audience that you may never have has access to.

Effective shout out for shout out

See how Adam Rogers does s ‘Shout Out’ consistently with #SDGinfluencers #takingactiononline :

Follow Adam on Twitter. Also, check out what else he’s working on when you read his books, like The Intrepid Traveler; The No Mammal Manifesto; and Taking Action Online for the Environment, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development.

Opportunities for SDG Influencers

Are you a social media influencer whose followers are dedicated to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Join other SDG Influencers on ConnectAID (The International Solidarity Network). Use this platform to get involved in sustainable development actions like climate action.

Do you love Agenda 2030 of the SDGs? Be on the look out for the next ConnectAID’s World Summit of Social Media Influencers for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Feel free to join the unstoppable movement of #SDGChampions when you follow this link at Rise Global here.

5. Engagement Groups

Engagement groups are different from shoutout for shout out.

Do your research to know which ones work and the ones that support your stage of growth. If you are starting out, you would rather join engagement groups that are starting out too. DM me (with reference to this blog post) and I include you in free engagement groups (if you are ready to abide by the rules).

How do social media influencers acquire followers? Through celebrity, special skills and/or knowledge, and a wide base of supporters (Izea).
6. The ‘Go-To’ Source of Information (Gossip, Spill ’em Tea, Breaking News, …)

This is different from the controversial content we mentioned earlier. What juicy tell-it-all news do you have to share.

Provision of information to your ideal audience through the social platform solely like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram Vimeo, Quora, Bloglovin, helps you gain followers. You can create a buzz with synchronized and repurposed content.

Back it up with an informative article or inspirational blog or website.

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7. Entertainment

If you are an entertainer, you too could create a large following to your social media platform.

The primary reason people check their social media platforms is to get entertained. So as an entertainer, who is providing spot-on content, you are hitting the right notes.

8. Cross-promotion

Cross promoting across platforms and driving traffic from one social media platform to another should not be ‘a copy and past’ job.

Start by answering questions on the social platform you want to grow a loyal community or fans from.

Check out the following:

Ask Me Anything

Yahoo Answers

Reddit

Warrior Plus

JVZoo

Cross promotion strategy

Start with one, then gradually incorporate others in your growth hacking strategy.

For example, this blog post that you are reading right now has evolved from answering a question on the Quora platform.  You will even receive notification when your answer attracts a lot of views and is shared by Quora Digest.

Cross promotion works well if you answer a question with links back to your campaign landing page, website, social media platform, offerings, products and services.

Over time, your profile draws attention that leads to gaining followers from quarters that you may never have thought possible.

9. Promotion

Guess what? At times you just have to bury your head in the sand and do what the social platform wants you to do. This is not a free option. If you have a little money to spend, run like campaigns and post even up to seven times a day.

A celebrity social media influencer with over a million followers (mega-influencer) can make more than $250,000 per post from brands.

CNBC

10. Content Marketing Strategy

Mix up motivational quotes, videos, and images relevant to your audience’s likes with links to your existing website like we have done here. See also how a top social media influencer does to keep his/her followers engaged in this link

11. Pinterest

A Pinterest strategy that entails not less than nine fresh pins for each blog post created is a starting point.

  • Share them directly from your blog post in the mornings and evenings as a starting point.
  • For a significant source of legitimate traffic, re-pin your fresh pins.
  • Do not re-pin one pin in more than one of your Pinterest boards.
  • You reap better rewards if you are consistent.

You would rather have 2 pins per day, than a haphazard Pinterest pinning strategy.

12. Ad Campaigns

It is important to note that running ad campaigns to generate likes is a totally legitimate way to build a following.

This is where the rubber meets the road – buying likes and use of bots is not a legitimate way to build a following. Ad costs have skyrocketed.

It is not as easy to succeed on social media platforms today due to the algorithm restrictions.

13. Purchase an Established Account

Oh, you could also buy a popular account as a social media influencer.

If you chose this route, do your due diligence.

As yourself these questions.

  • Will the account match your audience perfectly?
  • What is the engagement rate?
  • Will buying the existing account give you value for your money?
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Do you know the highest-paid social media influencer to date?

Find out on Fox Business.

A Secret Path to Follow

Gary Vaynerchuk has openly talked about  the number of  hours he used to take to reply to every comment when he started using social media. He replied to each direct message too from anyone who interacted with him on social media. What a simple way to social media influencer followers growth?

Everyone begins with zero followers unless you purchase an established account.

Success on Instagram is engagement and DMs.

Trust me.

Just like people online say email is dead, others believe direct messaging is dead.

The open rate of direct messages is 100%. Soon, I will be sharing a program you can participate in that leverages on DMs and makes money – not just for yourself, but even to start an Instagram agency right from your couch – it is NOT about ads spend, nor about quality BS of content.

The Principle Power of DMs

But for now, let us leverage on one secret (out of many) that Gary Vee shared on growing your following:

  • Identify up to fifty Instagram profiles that you aspire to be like (their following has to be large)
  • Ensure that post notification is “ON” for these particular Instagram accounts
  • Immediately they post, ensure that you are the first one to leave a relevant comment
  • Do this for the next 30 days consistently and watch as your own follower base increases

If you do not just leave emojis or the well known one or two-word comments that look like bots, you are on your way to success in growing your following on Instagram. To crack the social media influencer followers growth hack, you have to go all out.

You then become a master and learn to grow followings for other accounts.

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Beware

There are a lot of “do’s” and “don’ts” whilst in the business of gaining followers on social media platforms fast. We will just skim through a few.

Do not push it.

Adhere to the social platforms’ rules, regulations, and policies, else you get banned. You get demoralized while all your work may go to waste. You will have to begin again as if starting a new account. From experience, this includes not tagging those who do not want to be tagged.

Buying followers may give you that instant gratification of seeing the account with this mass followings, but high-paying brands know how to check if your followers are bought, or you earned them.

Do not forget to clearly display your earnings disclaimers. Brands today are open on who they are dealing with on influencer marketing in adherence with FTC guidelines.

Let your followers know your affiliate and affiliate link disclosures. This should not worry you because the brand provides you with the correct wording, like this one from Amazon Associates Affiliate Program: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Make sure to use the relevant disclosure for each brand you are working with.

Now that You are a Social Media Influencer

A social media influencer attracts a whooping manner of followers. However, the following needs to be always at the back of your mind lest all your efforts on growing social media influencer followers was in vain:

  • What is the quality of your audience?
  • What is your vibe?
  • Is it attracting your tribe?
  • Is it attracting real engagement?
  • Are your followers  real?
  • Does your content resonates with your authentic audience?

Use a mix of tools that are freely available on the internet. Some will incorporate statistic form a mix of social media platforms

Others are exclusive and platform-specific like Combin for Instagram.

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What is Your Influence Score?

Kred Score

Do you know your social influence score?

Kred is an online tool that measures your influence and outreach on Twitter, You can also connect your Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn profiles, a treasure under one roof.

A top 100 global digital influencer to follow in 2020, Keith Keller proposes taking matters in your hands to see how your rank against other industry influencers.

Do not undervalue yourself.

As described by Kristi Kellogg, Kred;

  • Pulls data from Twitter and Facebook
  • Show a social media influence score that falls on a 1,000-point scale
  • Gives users with a Kred influence score of 600 and above to be in the top 21 percent of users. From the image above my Kred influence score is 898 out of 1000.

What is yours?

  • Reveal your Kred influence score and outreach level scores globally (Global Kred) or by interests/affiliations (Communities)
  • Measures your influence scores and outreach level scores with data from the past 1,000 days
  • Is a transparent scoring system
  • Provides an ‘outreach level’  score on a 10-point scale.

What to track

Are you generous as you engage with others?

Do you help them spread their message?

As a user, how often do you retweet, reply, mention, and tag others?

When you refer to the same image, I earned an outreach level of 9 out of 12. Follow us on Twitter to find out why.

After all, it turns out, supporting others on social media improves outreach level.

Join us on #thursdayblogclub (Thursdays) and #mondayblogclub (Mondays) on Twitter to share your blogs, pin them, mix them and flip them. All comments in blog posts are returned.

‘Start tracking these and getting yourself of these lists’, says Keller. ‘This site is handy because you can see if your content is STICKING and which tweets go better than others.’

Be on the lookout for other surefire tested tools that increase your credibility and make it easy for you as a social media influencer to gain followers on any social media platform.

What Else To Do Apart from Waiting For Brands to Work With You

What do you do with all that social media traffic?

1. Affiliate Marketing

  • You could display ads.
  • Do you have products, services or programs you love using? Sign up for affiliate programs like Amazon Associates and drive traffic to their websites.

2. Sponsorship Posts

  • Permanent link placement in website starting from €75
  • Blog collaboration social media giveaway and further content for a visit to another profile, person, or business for €497 or more

3. Membership Site

4. Launch your Own Products

  • Publish books
  • Start online courses
  • Sell software

5. Bogus media kit

As social media work is now a profession, a seasoned social media influencer has not choice than to compete with others. How do you get picked as the top choice? You must master how to compile an authentic money-minting media kit.

Conclusion

It is important to note that algorithms on social media platforms have taken a complete turn around from what they were since the beginning of the decade. To increase social media influencer following fast, it must be backed by real-time engagement.

Sources

Social Media Enthusiast, Now It is Your Turn

First of all, I want to thank you for taking the time to reach this point on this blog.

Of these 13 ways that you of gaining social media followers fast as an influencer, which one has surprised you?

Which way have you used to grow your social media loyal fans that we have not mentioned?

Would you rather purchase a social media account or grow one from scratch?

Have you discovered your social influence score?

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